Today's News

OCEAN ISLE BEACH—Operation Marry Me Military is in full action mode as the big day draws near.

The new nonprofit started by Oak Island’s Alecia Geddings is off to a grand start for its inaugural year. The 10-year goal is to marry 100 active military personnel on Veterans Day across the state.

This year Brunswick County is home to two beach weddings. Event planner Brittany Adams of Brittany Adams O’Neil Events of Ocean Isle Beach and Michelle Rose are coordinating the Operation Marry Me Military event for southern Brunswick County.

Fall is upon us, and temperatures and leaves are falling. Even a satellite fell, because gravity affects us all. Some satellites can get a gravity whip and instead of coming back to earth, the gravity whip sends it flying while saving fuel. Thanks, gravity.
Voyager 1 and 2 are such satellites, and with a little practice, you can tell where both objects are just by looking for the constellations with the moving parts.

The Shallotte Shock U12 Girls came from behind to win another close match 2-1. After giving up a goal, the Shock focused in both offensively and defensively. Kayla Crouch dribbled through the defense, drawing the attention of many defenders and made a great assist, passing back to a waiting Hayley Giordano, who drove the ball into the top of the goal.
Greer Josselyn later showed off her dribbling skills, eluding many defenders and finding Kira Frawley, who put in the winning goal.

SHALLOTTE—The Shallotte Police Department has closed a case involving a former employee stealing from a company for more than a year.

According to detective Jeremy Humphries, Coastal Machine and Welding reported financial card fraud to the police department Sept. 8. As the company reviewed invoices, they discovered a fuel card issued to a former employee was continuing to be used.

BY FRANKLIN LAMM
SPECIAL TO THE BEACON
Erika Conner and Carly White (Ash/West Brunswick) had 13 kills apiece to help Mount Olive rally from a two-set deficit, but Queens held on for a 25-13, 25-19, 21-25, 25-27, 15-10 victory over the Trojans in Conference Carolinas women’s volleyball Friday night.

As a child, I dreamed of walking into a bookstore, a grocery store, a pharmacy or a library and seeing there on the shelves among the other New York Times bestsellers a novel written by author Rachel N. Johnson. (Rachel Johnson is already taken by a British novelist.)

BY CONNIE HENSLEY
TFTBC PR COMMITTEE
Fourth-grade students who participate in National School Day programming from all 10 elementary schools in Brunswick County met Sept. 19 at Town Creek Elementary School to enjoy the Dennis Walters’ Golf Show. Walters has an international, professional touring golf show that includes his service dog and sidekick, Bucky, and his assistant, Tom Kolenda.